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Avraham Burg
This is not simply a Jewish tragedy, this marks a zeitgeist of global hatred
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Jonathan Wittenberg
It happened thousands of miles away but the horror reaches home
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Jonathan Wittenberg
This Hanukah, reflect that both hope and light travel
Sun 14 Dec 2025
The Observer leader
Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban
Sun 14 Dec 2025
Erica Wagner
An endearing new production of Into The Woods brings a tear to the eye
Sat 13 Dec 2025
Jon Hill
Dear Maga, there’s no such thing as a woke font
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Martha Gill
How the great British car-sharing experiment lost its Zip
Wed 10 Dec 2025
Lily Isaacs
Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens
Wed 10 Dec 2025
The Observer leader
Putin is laughing at Europe
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Tom Baldwin
Starmer needs to stop sweating the small stuff and be bold on Europe
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Phillippe Sands
Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror?
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Simon Finkelstein
Don’t blame the OBR for the failures of politicians
Thu 4 Dec 2025
Martha Gill
Champagne! Private members’ clubs celebrate fresh success
Wed 3 Dec 2025
Melanie Reid
No more BMWs for the disabled. We don’t get to be middle class
Wed 3 Dec 2025
Prof Hashim Ahmed
Screening for prostate cancer would do more harm than good
Mon 1 Dec 2025
Hermione Lee
Tom Stoppard was a conscience to us all
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Jonathan Wittenberg
We need more faith in our power to confront the climate crisis
Sun 30 Nov 2025
The Observer leader
The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Steve Bloomfield
Modi holds Putin close, but he will make up with Trump
Sun 30 Nov 2025
